The IFP had undertaken bioclimatic, ecological and vegetational studies of various regions of South and South-East Asia. For India, maps of vegetation and ecological conditions were published in the same form adopted for the whole world in the “International Map of Vegetation and Environmental Conditions” series. Twelve maps at 1:1,000,000 scale were published, covering peninsular India and part of the Indo-Gangetic plains. Each map is accompanied by six inset maps at 1:5,000,000 scale giving information on 1) Administrative divisions and hypsometry; 2) Geology and lithology; 3) Soils; 4) Bioclimates; 5) Vegetation types and 6) Agriculture. The twelve maps were published between 1961 and 1978. The Allahabad map includes the area between 24o – 28o latitude north and 77o – 82o longitude east. It is bounded by the Rajasthan map on the west and the Satpura Mountains and Waiganga maps on the south. The larger part of the area is in Uttara Pradesh and small portions in Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.